Bought a Stihl 36 Pro (WOW!!!)

[Old_Hickory]

I replaced my Stihl 026 Pro,with a new Stihl 36 PRO (3/8 chain 18" bar)
What a chain saw,talk about power and the wood chips flying.I always thought my O26 PRO was a great saw. The 36 PRO </font><font color="blue" class="small">( REALLY )</font> rocks. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[leaddog]

Know what you mean. I went with a new o36 pro, 20in bar and it makes quick work of my firewood chores. I like a big saw as I feel that they are safer. They don't seem to kick back as easy and make you hang on to them. I can run mine all day and it don't make my arms feel like they are going to vibrate off. works good for limbing as well as the big stuff.
leaddog /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[cowboydoc]

That's a wonderful saw. I've had mine for a few years now and just beat the tar out of it. It hasn't failed me at all. You'll enjoy it.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Darn.

I was using my oh two six yesterday and thinking it was the finest thing since sliced raisin bread. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

congrats you lucky dawg.

 

[dmccarty]

Old Hickory,

Just don't forget new chains.

I was working my 046 this weekend and it was time to put on a
new chain.

Ahhh, a new chain. Cutting through oak like a hot knife in warm
butter!

I was cutting up a hickory, sorry to do that to you, the prior
weekend with the old chain, and it was slow. 8-( New chain
and away we go!

Later,
Dan

 

[DAP]

I have the MS 360 pro. Is this the same saw? I replaced a Poulan Wild Thing (house warming gift) with this Stihl.

The Poulan was like cutting a knife with butter.

I wish it was a lil lighter. With full fuel and oil, we're over 14 lbs. It gets a lil old sluggin that thing around after a coupla hours. Couldn't part with the extra cash for the saw all day models unfortunately.


Generally, it's a great saw. Works much better than the owner! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Old_Hickory]

The 026 is a </font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> FINE </font> )</font> saw,the reason I stepped up in size I had a small disaster happen in the woods and needed a new saw(right now),The 36 was the next PRO size up in stock the dealer was sold out of the 026 models and I wanted to stay with the PRO line of Stihls,I have plenty of friends running the 026 saws and I will part the old 026's out to my friends.
I always thought the 026 was the best thing since sliced bread,but I never had a 036 in my hands until the other day.
I have 2 new chains and I will get a few more,a good sharp chain is all the difference in the World as well.( I always run the aggressive chains,not the low kickback)
I have a Stihl FS 88 brush cutter I have ran for years and never replaced the spark plug until this year. The Stihl products always start easy for me,hot or cold.Vibration is low on the Stihl products.I always get good sevice at my Stihl shop and parts avalibility has always been good.
I rember as a boy running my fathers Homelite Zip,I could set the saw down after running it and my hands still felt like the saw was in them 2 hours later from the vibration clear up to my shoulders.

 

[Old_Hickory]

Yes it is the same saw.

 

[Libertine]

Old_Hickory:
Only just switched to Stihl last year. Nice equipment. Have you tried their pole saw? Really spiffy. Let's you prune 10'-12'+ up while standing on the ground. Also bought one of their 460 cut off saws to replace (supplement) a Bosch I had been using to cut granite. The 460 goes through ashpalt/concrete etc real quick. Don't know how long their stuff holds up, but their equipment sure looks good.
JEH

 

[Old_Hickory]

I want to get pole saw.

 

[bebster]

I finally got one of their pole saws after thinking about it for a few years. It's probably my most used non-tractor tool now.

 

[Richard]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Don't know how long their stuff holds up, but their equipment sure looks good )</font>

Not long at all /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Rumor has it that their stuff turns to junk real quick if you happen to run over it with a full sized industrial backhoe's rear tire. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Seems they ought to better design their saws to handle real world applications if you ask me.

Oh...uh... and don't ask me how I happen to know about the above comment... it's not a rumor...it's a fact /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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I think it cost me under $200 to fix the pancake, needed a new handle, bar, side case (with pull rope)

So now we at least know ONE test they (mine at least) will fail miserably. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Beyond that, it's been indestructable (044).

 

[tawilson]

I've got acres of spruce which were planted way too close about 40 years ago. I want to start thinning them but the branches are so tight I can hardly get to the trees. I was thinking a pole saw to reach in and trim branches till I can get up close enough to use a chainsaw. After owning and using one, does it sound feasible?

 

[cowboydoc]

Don't feel bad I have two other stories on losing Stihls. My one friend was building a pond. He set his dad's brand new Stihl on the cat track during a break. Then he got on the cat and proceeded to back up and sure enough ran right over the saw!! It was flat too. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

My other friend just bought a brand new Stihl MS 660. This is the big saw for logging. They had just finished a load and he was headed to lunch. He put his saw on the tailgate with his old one and then went back to tighten down the load on the truck. He came back and forgot to put the tailgate up and took off. Sure enough the brand new chainsaw fell off on the road somewhere. He got home, about 10 miles and realized it and sped back right away. Somebody had already picked it up. He filed a police report but nobody turned it in. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[bebster]

Absolutely feasible! I use my Stihl all the time to cut away the low branches that block your way. Eventually you can get close enough to get at the trunk comfortably. In fact if the trunk is less than a foot in diameter, I'll just continue to use the pole saw to take it down -- a little slower, but feels a bit safer. Get an extra chain and keep one sharp since the pole saw has less HP than a regular chain saw, it helps to have a really sharp chain.

 

[tawilson]

Good. Glad. Thanks. I had myself pretty much talked into one anyways, now it's a done deal.

 

[Old_Hickory]

<font color="blueclass=small">( <font color="blue"> Somebody had already picked it up. </font>

<font color="black"> Thats a low life scumbag that would steal. I have 0 tolerance for thieves. </font>

 

[cowboydoc]

Yea it was a pretty bad deal hickory. These people work very hard and buying that saw wasn't chump change for them. He couldn't afford to go get another one so now he was back to using his 10 year old one. Really pretty sad. He said it coudln't have been more than five or ten minutes before he went back along the whole road. You would have thought someone could have at least waited a few minutes to see if anyone came back for it.

 

[art]

To move up that much size you definitely would be able to feel the difference. You were smart to spend the money to go for the pro saw as there is such a difference in performance. Many people come in raving about a saw model and comparing it to the home owners model that they feel is a dog! Don't buy on price as most times you will always regret it for the performance.

 

[Deerlope]

Try a MS440 magnum with a 24" bar, then drop back to a 16" and hold on.